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Sunday, December 29, 2013

I hope
you all had a wonderful Christmas! I know ours will go down in the history book
that’s for sure.

For those that aren’t aware, on Dec 22nd
we here in Southern and Eastern Ontario, Canada experienced the worst ice storm
on record for our geographical area!!!

Many of us, including several of my family members
were displaced for most of it, as we had power failures everywhere. The
devastation is unbelievable to say the least, and some people are still without
power to this date. I heard a recent report stating that the City of Toronto lost 20% of it's tree canopy alone, never mind the rest of area!

On the day after the storm, amid a cloudless sky,
the sun shined so bright that it made everything and anything caught in the
wake of Mother Nature’s wrath sparkle. I thought to myself; “how can there be
so much beauty amongst such devastation?” Everything was coated with at least
30 mm of ice.

Ok, enough about that…I want to share three
Christmas cards that I made; yes you heard me right, I made three cards!

I wasn’t going to make any Copic cards this year
because of my poor health, but that all changed when my brother told me
that his three children were completely bummed when they rushed to open the
Christmas card I’d sent them only to find it was a store bought one.

He said he overheard quite the conversation, and
it apparently went something like this; “WHAT THE HECK IS THIS??? This card came
from the store! Where is the cool card???

So, needless to say I felt both flattered and bad at the same time, so I decided to make them one each. In my wisdom I also thought that I
would change things up this year and put cash inside as their gifts.

I’m not sure if making three individual cards
was more work than going out shopping, but either way they certainly had smiles
from ear to ear on Christmas Day.

I coloured the images with my Copic Markers and the pattern
papers are all from my stash. For the texture, I used Stardust Stickles and/or a combination
of white flock and Stardust stickles. I also used put some colorless blender on a washcloth and applied it to that last two hats in an attempt to create a felt look. I think it turned out well.

I finished things off with some bakers twine and a few gems here and
there as my embellishments.

So peeps,I will let you get back to your
business, but I have one more thing to add...as we come to the end of yet another year, I would like to take this opportunity
to say thank you for stopping by my blog. I appreciate your comments, and just
so you know they keep me motivated and oh so inspired.

I wish you all much love and happiness, but most of all, I wish you good health. All the best!

Thursday, December 12, 2013

It feels a little bit like old times writing
up a post for the Twisted Thursday Anything Goes challenge over at The Outlawz.

My friend Patricia was so kind to ask if I’d
like to be a guest designer for their snowflake theme this week, and I just couldn’t refuse. I miss this
wonderful group of talented peeps, and the honor of having my work out there in
a special place other than my little ole blog makes me feel so special.

So today, I have for you my one and only Copic marker
Christmas card. I’ve not been able to craft very much for the past 3 months due
to poor health. Indeed it isn’t my best work, but a Christmas card nonetheless!
I totally forgot to put my snowflake on it, so please forgive me. If you look close enough you'll see that I used some stickles to create the look of falling snow around the image, so this will have to do, lol :)

I printed the image on Neenah cardstock and
coloured it with my Copic Markers. I tried to make the lights look real by
using glossy accents to give them clear dimension.

That’s all I have for you peeps, except to
tell you to head on over to the Twisted Thursday Challenge over at the Outlawz
so you can see the extremely talented design team and their awesome take on
this week’s snowflake theme challenge. Talk about inspiration or what!

Thanks Patricia for the honor of being a
guest designer this week, and thanks crafty peeps for stopping by my blog.
Hopefully I will have something to post for you before too long.

Joyous holidays start with loving hearts and
a happy home. I wish you all a wonderful start to the season’s festivities. May the blessings of peace, hope and love be
your gifts this Christmastime and throughout this coming new year.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Well crafty peeps, seems I’ve been MIA for about a month, so I thought I’d better rectify that immediately and show you my newest creation.

But, first I would like to say that my Halloween card or as he is more affectionately known to me as; Franken-Dude won over at Love to Creates past Halloween Challenge. (See that just proves how long I’ve been absent from blog land eh!)

Needless to say, I was pretty happy about that because I won some Stamp Fairy images which are patiently waiting for me to colour up. I didn’t have any of their images before, and I look forward to using them in the future. I also can add a new badge of honor to my blog.

Today’s card was made with lots and lots of love. I made it for my wonderful husband Rick, on the occasion of his retirement. He just so happens to be an awesome person you know, and the youngest retiree I’ve ever known. Woot! Woot! Freedom 49 Rick

Rick worked
at General Motors for 30 years, and built everything from vehicles to locomotives during that time.

I had him pictured in my mind dancing out the
door on his last day of work similar to this funny fellow.

I finished the card inside...

A closer
look at this seriously happy guy…

This past
weekend has pretty much been a non-stop party, and I can’t begin to tell you
how much I am looking forward to starting the next chapter of our lives
together. We want to buy a motorhome and start traveling North America for
starters.

Well on that
note I will leave it there. I’ll be entering happy retired fellow into the following challenges:

Guest Designer

I'm a winner

About Me

In 2000 I was stricken with a life altering illness that ended my professional career in law enforcement. You think your life is going according to plan, and then one day you wake up and it all changes. I have many physical disabilities that rob me of my independence. After overcoming many hurdles there came the day when I desperately needed to find something meaningful to do with my time. It had to be constructive, challenging, and had to keep my brain active. I tried so many different things that just didn’t light that spark, so I kept trying new things and so on. One day I found myself dabbling in the paper crafting world where I developed a passion for Copic Marker colouring, and guess what, I found that spark. Now I have a new passion, a new direction wherein that I want to learn more and more.
If somebody had of told me that I would eventually create a blog and display my artistic abilities within it I would have told them they were off their rocker! However, I didn't get here alone; together with the love of a wonderful man, a truly amazing family, my masterful friend Sean, and along with some awesome and wacky women friends, I was able to get it together.